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“dotMobi, a consortium to offer the first and only Internet address created for mobile phones, today announced that Visa International has made an investment in dotMobi and will have a representative on dotMobi’s Board of Directors. This investment adds Visa to a consortium that already represents 13 leading mobile operators, network & device manufacturers, and internet content providers. ” Press release here

Interfax is reporting – MOSCOW. March 23 – The number of domain names registered in the .ru zone (www.name.ru) has reached 800,000, the company RU-Center, the largest registrar of Russian domain names, told Interfax.

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–News Corporation and NBC Universal will launch the largest Internet video distribution network ever assembled with the most sought-after content from television and film…

The video-rich site will debut this summer with thousands of hours of full-length programming, movies and clips, representing premium content from at least a dozen networks and two major film studios.

AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo! will be the new site’s initial distribution partners. Their users, who represent 96 percent of the monthly U.S. unique users on the Internet, will have unlimited access to the site’s vast library of content.

The press release contains an analysis report which has some interesting stats
including a graph showing the number of registrations over time since 2002

The reports highlights include

•.INFO sites are active – 74 percent of .INFO sites are active, including over 1 million dedicated sites. This figure is an increase from 65 percent in 2004.

•Wide distribution channel promotes .INFO sales – .INFO’s availability is expanding as the domain is now available for sale through 183 registrars worldwide.

•.INFO is becoming characteristic of the global domain name market – North America is the top market for .INFO domain sales (51 percent) with Europe closely in second place (38 percent). The US is the top country for .INFO registrations (48 percent) followed by Germany (11 percent).

•.INFO is increasing in aftermarket sales – The highest aftermarket sale on record for .INFO was NewYork.info which sold for over US$46,000 in September 2006.